Rear Caliper Rebuild

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

Latest adventures: Last weekend I replaced the rotors 
and pads on my 1990 200.  I used Repco Metal-Masters for the pads, 
and stock rotors.

NOTE: this car does NOT use a 12mm socket to turn the piston in.  It 
has a piston with two v-shaped notches 180 degrees apart.   (I now 
have a nice shiny Proto 12mm hex socket-bit which cost me $15 which 
evidently will remain shiny...)

At any rate, I tried to turn the pistons back in using water pump 
pliers - and of course, caught the piston dust boot and made a small 
hole in it!!   So this weekend, I will have to take that caliper out and 
rebuild it.  (BTW - when this happened, I used all the colorful and 
appropriate language at my disposal, then went out and bought a bench 
grinder at my favorite hock shop, along with a couple of old large 
sockets - then ground a socket down to make a tool with ears which 
fit the v-notches - like I SHOULD have done in the first place.  This 
made turning the pistons back in easy.)

Do those on this learned list have any advice on making this a fast 
and safe job - in addition to instructions I find in my Bentley?

Please reply directly to me if you wish......and TIA.


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